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Panel 3 – arts
which could be closely connected to the Department of History’s focal
main areas; especially such as the Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient
History and Dept. of European Ethnology, but also Dept. of Art and
Musicology as well as field of Literature and Film. The department has
been an open minded what comes to interdisciplinary studies and also
uses expertise from the other disciplines for example in the activities of
the graduate school.
The third task (or obligation) of the university is well done by the department:
there are many publications which have been focused to the public.
Several scholars have been able and willing to have the close connection
to the media. When all this “openness” is happening without any problems
with the quality of the research, it is of course a real asset to the
department and an evidence of the relevance to the present society.
In terms of collaboration the department is very good.
6.5 Research activity and teaching
The teaching staff is highly competent and is able to do own research and
guide younger researchers in various time periods and on different themes.
The department is effective in its research activities. The activity shows
amongst other things in the rate of the publications. An innovation is
the Advanced Seminar, which connects the younger and the established
researchers together and makes possible to present new ideas and to have
comments on different kinds of writings. This kind of good practices
should be disseminated to the other departments too.
The research orientation of the department keeps the research and
teaching closely connected to each other. The doctoral students have the
possibility to teach the undergraduates, which is also an effective form of
doctoral training. The department seems to have utilized the possibilities
of the Graduate School in this matter.
6.6 Evaluation of future plans
The research plan of the department is well formulated and it comes
to the core of the field of history. The research projects are adequately
integrated to each other and they also gives room for overlapping ideas
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